I understand and sympathise with the disgruntled fans who feel they should have been consulted before planning to leave our ancestral home forever, particularly without any other permanent home guaranteed within the city or outside. It may seem suicidal for the club, BUT...

People forget what position we we're left in by the end of the Glover/Elston period. They saw no option than to put us back into admin. It was only MC/CB's intervention that prevented that. Where would we (and lots of creditors) be now if that had been allowed to happen? To recover from that position was something of a miracle in itself. Follow that with reduced crowds and crippling rent and repair bills, the future was still unsustainable. There was no choice. We could not stay at BV on the current terms. So, you try to reduce the rent or you move to a more viable site. It would seem that BOI are not interested in keeping us as tenants at a lower rate, so the only option is to move, hopefully temporarily.

I view it like this, moving away may well be the death knell for the club, but there's no point in worrying about a death sentence from a future trial if we've already had our final meal and the gallows are prepared for mismanagement crimes of the past. If we don't get a pardon from the current situation, we'll already be swinging from the noose long before any other project can materialise.

Under stands a very general term, Im willing to bet they have not got a clue.

Michael And Chris are both very aware that the club needs to be in Wakefield but, as for playing a dangerous game, that started around 10 years ago and there will be risk in every decision taken, but they still have to be taken.
Yes, some fans will not be comfortable with the outcome - whatever that is - but the Trust is committed to a new stadium at Newmarket and is working hard towards that goal. We are still 'negotiating' and now we are at the end of the holiday period we hope to publish our position very shortly.
As for the question of where we play whilst we wait, that is for the club alone to decide and, whilst I have an opinion, it is not my call and I will understand whatever the decision is!

Agree completely

Good work as always,

It would seem that SRW is favouring a redevelopment of Belle Vue over a move to Newmarket?

Will this be a reply or just like the rest a method to kick the discussion into the long grass until the season is over. I believe it as become rather political with Carter and the less than helpful conservative MP against the Labour run council.
I hope I am wrong because the only loser will be Wakefield Trinity and we the supporters.

Rodney Walker is flip-flopping like a politician at the moment - it appears that he's either not in the loop and is reacting to things without full knowledge, or he has aligned himself with YCP's position, which appears to be at odds with the club and the Trust.

Bizarre.

I'm out on Walker,something doesn't ring true about him,with all his past successful projects,to let a small thing like BV stutter for as long as it as

probably me being suspicious

Scarlet Pimp where do you get your description of `less than helpful conservative MP ` from. She has done more work for Newmarket in the few weeks she has been in office than all the previous Wakefield area MPs have done in the last 10 years. You are so far of the mark with that statement that I think its just political bile, Labour good Cons bad no matter what. Speak to the SWAG people, Trust members etc ie the people working to get us to Newmarket and they will tell you that Andrea Jenkins has been a breath of fresh air, not a political point just that she is not afraid of upsetting the local Labour run council who obviously have an agenda to stop is ever getting to Newmarket.

Maybe, like me, he has seen nothing from her in writing anywhere, championing the Newmarket cause. Having said that, the only way we get to know anything is by snippets of information on here.
I'm sure many are working hard behind the scenes towards a stadium.
Personally, I don't know why in this day of 'openness and honesty', the whole business is shrouded in secrecy and worse still I'm beginning to not care!

Great point bellycouldtackle. As a former Wakefield resident I am pleasantly surprised to hear of Conservative MPs in the Wakefield area.

It was very interesting reading these forums in the build up to the election and the staunch political views held by many. There is little doubt the mining connections run deep in the community and the 1980s seem to crop up as a discussion point every election time. Even though that is now generational history and the landscape has changed so much since then.

Sadly, these views, rightly or wrongly, blind some people into not assessing a public figure in a fair and balanced way. I have my own strongly held political views but I will still try to assess someone for what they are. For example Corbyn has been pillared in the media and seems to be a doomsday scenario. I personally don't go for his policies yet whenever I've heard him speak I get the impression he is a man of true integrity and conviction, unlike some others.

Whilst I'd never vote for Corbyn I do think he'd do what he genuinely believes is right for the people and the country. And not be influenced by lobbies which are too powerful or lining his retirement career.

If the new MP is doing good work for Trinity then let's acknowledge it through recognition of her efforts, not criticise by being blinded by party lines and not give her a chance.